Self, Performativity and Vipassana Meditation: Some Theoretical Considerations

Self, Performativity and Vipassana Meditation: Some Theoretical Considerations

The present proliferation of alternative and non-western practices challenges the way how modern selves are enacted, the distinction between ancient and contemporary, and obliges us to rethink the ways our bodies and minds are produced. By mingling the care of the self and self knowledge, some techn...

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Hoofdauteur: Carvalho, António
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Taal:Anglais
Gepubliceerd in: e-cadernos CES 2013
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performativity
vipassana meditation
personal transformation
ontology
selves
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topic performativity
vipassana meditation
personal transformation
ontology
selves
spellingShingle performativity
vipassana meditation
personal transformation
ontology
selves
Carvalho, António
Self, Performativity and Vipassana Meditation: Some Theoretical Considerations
description The present proliferation of alternative and non-western practices challenges the way how modern selves are enacted, the distinction between ancient and contemporary, and obliges us to rethink the ways our bodies and minds are produced. By mingling the care of the self and self knowledge, some technologies of the self offer interesting paths to redefine and change our selves, questioning the hegemony of Science and Technology as the only way to operate a radical transformation of the human condition. I propose, through this article, an ontological and performative conception of vipassana meditation, faithful to the performative idiom of Science and Technology Studies, but recognizing its limitations to talk about selves and non-western practices. Performativity, here, is not understood as some naïf nostalgia of pre-representational realism – it rather explores the substantial nature of practice (and ritual), questioning ontological determination and carrying anthropological and political implications.
author Carvalho, António
author_facet Carvalho, António
author_sort Carvalho, António
title Self, Performativity and Vipassana Meditation: Some Theoretical Considerations
title_short Self, Performativity and Vipassana Meditation: Some Theoretical Considerations
title_full Self, Performativity and Vipassana Meditation: Some Theoretical Considerations
title_fullStr Self, Performativity and Vipassana Meditation: Some Theoretical Considerations
title_full_unstemmed Self, Performativity and Vipassana Meditation: Some Theoretical Considerations
title_sort self, performativity and vipassana meditation: some theoretical considerations
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